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2016 DTSA: Providing Manufacturers with New Avenues to Protect Trade Secrets

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On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), which provides a federal civil cause of action to manufacturers for the misappropriation and theft of trade secrets under the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Defend Trade Secrets Act: Significant Recent Changes to Intellectual Property Law May Provide New Avenues for Protecting...

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), marking one of largest changes to intellectual property law since the America Invents Act of 2011. This legislation will allow companies...more

Clark Hill PLC

New Trade Secrets Law: What it Means for Your Business

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On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into law the landmark Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA"), which amends the Economic Espionage Act. The DTSA, which was passed almost unanimously by Congress, creates a new federal...more

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New Federal Trade Secret Law Takes Effect!

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So what is a trade secret? Generally, a trade secret is information that the owner has taken reasonable measures to keep secret, derives independent economic value from not being generally known, and cannot be readily...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: A New Federal Claim for Misappropriation

What is Coca-Cola’s secret recipe? How does Thomas’ English Muffins get all those “Nooks & Crannies”® in its muffins? And how does Krispy Kreme make its signature lighter-than-air doughnuts? These are the type of trade...more

Alston & Bird

What the Defend Trade Secrets Act Means for You

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On May 11, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), which received rare support across party lines, passing Congress unanimously in the Senate and by a vote of 410-2 in the House of Representatives....more

McAfee & Taft

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: Implications for business, employers and employees

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On April 27, 2016, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which President Obama promises to sign soon. This proposed legislation, which is designed to be an expansion of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, would...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

Congress Passes Federal Trade Secrets Law

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On April 27, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that will effectively federalize trade secrets law. President Obama, a supporter of the legislation, has indicated he will sign the Bill, which...more

Akerman LLP

Federal "Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016" Passes in Congress Today: How the DTSA Affects Your Business

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Over the past decade, as companies moved into a digital world, so too moved their most valuable assets and proprietary information. As a result, the United States witnessed a significant uptick in data theft and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Update: U.S. Senate Approves the Defendant Trade Secrets Act of 2015

On April 4, 2016, the Senate approved the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (DTSA). As we previously reported, the DTSA amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to create a federal private right of action for trade secret...more

Locke Lord LLP

Creating Federal Jurisdiction for Trade Secrets Litigation

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Federal courts around the country will be granted broad original jurisdiction over virtually all trade secrets litigation if the U.S. House of Representatives passes the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (DTSA) in the form...more

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Congress Considers Landmark Trade Secret Reforms

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If enacted, the legislation would represent the most significant trade secret reform in many years. Major federal trade secret legislation is receiving strong bipartisan support and consideration in the US Congress. The...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

U.S. Congress To Again Consider Private Right of Action for Trade Secret Misappropriation

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On July 29, 2015, with bipartisan support, congressional leaders in both the House and Senate, including Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Representative Doug Collins (R-GA), introduced a bill to create a federal private right...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Federal Trade Secret Protections on the Horizon?

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Conspicuously absent in the quiver of arrows available to a business looking to take action against someone who has misappropriated or is threatening to misappropriate its trade secrets is a federal cause of action for...more

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Will Trade Secrets Finally Get Federal Civil Protection?

On April 29, 2014, Senators Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Defend Trade Secrets Act (S. 2267), a proposed amendment to the Economic...more

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